Curriculum Committee ("CC") Minutes for 27 March 1996

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Attending:  Arora, Fujimura, Long, Mamrak, Ogden, Supowit, Weide, Yeack
	    
* Discussion of proposed changes to CIS 201

  CC voted to recommend to the faculty some slight changes in CIS 201
  to meet two objectives: replace CIS 211 for non-CIS majors who need
  an introductory programming course, and serve as a prerequisite
  to the proposed new CIS 221.  (The faculty already voted to withdraw
  CIS 211 sometime next year, once CIS 200 is in place but no sooner
  than Wi 1997.  CC will be back to the faculty early this quarter for
  further discussion and a vote on the proposed CIS 221 changes that
  were tabled last quarter.)

* Discussion of placement exams for CIS introductory courses

  Kikuo will be looking into creating EM credit exams for CIS 200 and CIS
  201.  He also will examine the current Advanced Placement test in CS
  to determine what score will be appropriate to place directly into
  the proposed new CIS 221.  We hope to have an EM credit exam for CIS
  200 by this summer, and one for CIS 201 sometime later.  The former
  has been requested by the College of Business, while the latter is
  something we don't anticipate needing until the proposed CIS 221
  changes are in effect.  Perhaps in the future we also will need to
  consider an EM credit exam for CIS 101.
  
  Tim has created a draft CIS placement exam which is being tried out
  on current CIS 221 students.  We should have some feedback on this
  within a couple weeks.  The idea is that this test can be given to
  incoming freshmen who plan to take CIS courses, much like the Math
  placement exam.  This will be useful for students who have had
  some previous programming but have not taken the AP exam in CS.
  By piloting the exam on current CIS 221 students, we hope to be able
  to calibrate the threshhold for placement into CIS 221.
  
  
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Next meeting: 3 April 1996, 3:30 PM, in DL 298.


Respectfully submitted,

	Bruce W. Weide, CC Chair